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Post #527: The Crimes of the Trump Regime

(Note to the Reader: This is the fifth iteration of a blog originally posted after the first two weeks of…

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APB: The US Denies Visas to Palestinian UN Delegation

For a second consecutive year, the US State Department has denied visas to members of the Palestine Liberation Organization and…

Post #526: Is Xi Coming, and Will AI and Human Rights be on the Agenda?

Xi Jinping has indicated that if the US approves a second major arms shipment to Taiwan, it would cross a…

Post #38 – Smoke and Mirrors in Gaza

4 Aug 201427 Feb 2017

One of the cardinal lessons of international conflict resolution is that two warring parties will not be interested in a peaceful settlement if they believe continuing to fight is worth…

Post #37 – War’s Other Casualties: The Situation in Gaza and the Global Refugee Crisis

28 Jul 201427 Feb 2017

I ended a recent post by asking when someone would step forward to bring about a cease-fire. Well, John Kerry eventually answered the call. But by the time he left…

Post #35 – Mr. Xi Goes to Seoul

17 Jul 201427 Feb 2017

China and Korea watchers jumped to attention when it was announced that Xi Jinping would visit South Korea from July 3-4, rather than visit North Korea first. Although the trip…

Post #34 – The Madness in Gaza

13 Jul 201427 Feb 2017

War never achieves political goals, but just destroys the people,” he said. “War is the language of the ignorant, and it is fought by the ignorant.” The speaker was an…

Post #33 – The Nuclear Danger and the Case for Nuclear Abolition (Part Two)

8 Jul 201427 Feb 2017

So far as I know, every post-World War II US president has come to realize the awesome responsibility that accompanies presiding over a massive nuclear-weapon arsenal. And every one of…

Post #32 – The Nuclear Danger, or Why We Should Still Worry about the Bomb (Part One)

2 Jul 201427 Feb 2017

When is the last time you gave serious thought to the dangers posed by nuclear weapons? Probably not since those awful years under Ronald Reagan, when it seemed we were…

Post #31 – What Works? The Courage to Blow the Whistle

26 Jun 201427 Feb 2017

American heroes come in many forms, and historically, one of them is acting selflessly in the public interest and in defiance of established authority. Daniel Ellsberg did just that in…

Post #30 – Their War, Our War

21 Jun 201427 Feb 2017

In one of his last public statements on the war in Vietnam, a televised interview on September 2, 1963, President Kennedy said that in the end the South Vietnamese government…

Post #29 – Obstacle Course: Engaging Iran

19 Jun 201427 Feb 2017

If the ongoing negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program fail to result in a comprehensive agreement by the July 20 deadline—an interim deal has been in place since January—it…